Hyperdrive Daily: Will The Electric Revolution Be Unionized?

Joe Biden drives a F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, on May 18. — Joe Biden drives a F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, on May 18.
Photographer: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

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By Gabrielle Coppola

May 28, 2021 at 10:43 AM UTC

Welcome to the Hyperdrive daily briefing, decoding the revolution reshaping the auto world, from EVs to self-driving cars and beyond.

President Biden is fond of saying, “I’m a union guy.” He’s also a “car guy,” as he boasted last week before racing down a test track in a camouflaged version of Ford’s new F-150 Lightning electric pickup.